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Love, love your bags!! My sis(MOH) wants to be in charge of making our OOT bags. She found those same hibiscus bags on Oriental Trading. I will definitely have to share your pics with her. Your bags turned our perfect, and your guests are sure to love!

Kary, Congrats on finding your photog! I too am a to-be Riu Palace bride, June 22, 2012. Leahnv, Congrats and welcome! If you're looking into a DW, this site is perfect! Everyone on here is so helpful. You can find an answer to just about any wedding question you have. Good luck and happy planning to you both

So many wonderful ladies on this site who share great info! When we first decided on a DW I had no idea which direction to go. A friend of mine had a DW a year ago and reccommended this site. I'm so thankful for that reccommendation! I've gotten so many awesome ideas from other brides.

Great thread!

So ladies, I'm just going to say that in a way it's better they have no input. For instance my FI told me he wanted to design our save the dates. I said ok that's awesome so glad you want to be involved. Well, instead of designing a save the date, he sent me a link to a website where you could order save the dates. Well, geez thanks, i could've done that on my own!!!!! MEN! They're so frustrating!! lol

Congrats and welcome to the forum!! There are so many awesome ladies on this site who share amazing ideas!!! People think, "Oh, you're having a destination wedding, that must be so much easier than a traditional wedding!". Little do they know it's like double the work. But, all I can say is that it is you and your fiance's day. Plan what makes you happy Soooo...happy planning!!!!

I'm a 2012 bride, but for the past year and a half I have been doing CrossFit and been adhering to the Paleo eating lifestyle. I will say that I feel better than ever, and am smaller than I was in high school! When I started CrossFit I was a snug 8, now I am a comfortable 2. CrossFit has made me stronger, more confident, and I feel better than I ever have, I have more energy throughout the day(which I need because I teach kindergarten !) The best feeling was buying a size 2 wedding dress!!!! I hope if you have a CrossFit in your area you will give it a try. Not only is it a good way to slim down for your special day, but it's also a great way to enhance your life!

What a beautiful video! Congratulations to yall!

Your pictures are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing:) Question...did you get your pics on a cd before you left Cabo? I never thought about that, but lately several people have told me to make sure that I did. Any thoughts?

Something that helped us make our decision was the proximity of the resort to the downtown/marina. We definitely knew we wanted to be close to the marina so if guests/we wanted to go out to dinner or go shopping for the day they would not be paying outrageous amounts in taxi fair. We ended up choosing Riu Palace. It is a really nice hotel and is also about a 15 minute beach walk or a 5 minute cab drive from the marina. Other resorts may be a 30 or 45 minute drive to the marina. Just something to think about. Hope this helps

Thanks for sharing! mpeter81, do you happen to have contact info for Jorge Ibarra? Thanks

I am not bringing anything to the DW with me, I am though using the centerpieces at my AHR. It does seem like it would be difficult to travel with centerpieces, I would worry about things breaking.

This is very helpful, thanks for posting. My sister(MOH) wants the OOT bags to be her contribution so I will surely have to pass this info on to her!

Those are great!! What a special personal touch!

Those are awesome! If I were a guest and opened that I would be super excited!! Thanks for sharing all the tips.

Very good job, they look great!! Also, thanks for posting your pics and not putting them in an attachment Hopefully I'll be able to open attachments soon, it's killing me!!!

Thanks for sharing, that is GREAT info! Would be horrible to go through all the work for them to not be shipped.

Never thought about putting maybe on there. That's a really good idea, thanks for sharing!

Very nice! Love the wording Thanks for sharing!

I know this is a very old post, but thanks it helped!! I always use Avery.com for projects in my classroom and didn't even think to use for this project!

I am struggling with RSVP cards, seems like they would be something easy to DIY. Unfortunately I've been working on them for three hours and have nothing to show!

This is a great idea!! I will definitely have to add this to my to-do list. The longer I stay on this site, the longer my to-do list gets:)

Me toooooooo!!!!!!

I know this is an older post, but you did an awesome job! Thanks for sharing pics and instructions!!

I really like this. Where is the little starfish from?